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My Christmas cheer is in short supply right now. I’ve just been into town, which is never a good plan just a few days before Christmas. I knew it was going to be busy but I forgot the reason why it was going to be so busy. The reason? Idiots. Yes, I’m being harsh, but it only takes a few… Read more →

It’s Friday, it’s nearly Christmas, so here’s mostly stolen stuff from the b3ta newsletter.. Let;s enhance ! A great video showing just how similar plot lines can be.. Oh, and don’t drink too much this Christmas, otherwise… A bit of swearing in this one, but funny as. Truth in advertising.. Read more →

It’s that time of year again. Christmas is here and lots of people, including myself, are decorating their houses with lights. We’ve got quite a few up now but I try not to go overboard. Anyway, about a week ago Emily was driving back from the shops via a council estate. On the horizon she could see quite a bright… Read more →

This has been robbed from reddit but I think it’s well worth posting here too. The accompanying text states.. Read more →

It doesn’t matter how many times the networks tell you “roaming is getting cheaper” it’s still a crazy amount of money and my advice has to remain the same. Don’t use your phone abroad unless it’s an emergency, otherwise you WILL be paying up to 1 per minute – sometimes even more. Here’s a bill for just three calls which… Read more →

I’m going to blog this because it’s driven me nuts and for some reason there’s only a small bit about it on the web. Here in the UK, if I spin around on the spot then I’ll become disorientated. If I’m in the US, I’m disoriented. Meh. It’s like aluminium and aluminum all over again. I thought I was going… Read more →

I’m absolutely loving this tune… “Drink all day, play all night, let’s get it poppin… I’M IN MIAMI GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!” Read more →

This advert is literally everywhere on YouTube at the moment. It’s on everything, but I really, really don’t want to turn muself into a cartoon. Anyway. While I’m here. Check UniversalPoster.com – pick a celeb, write some insane stuff on the poster in their hand-writing and send it to a friend or relative for Christmas. Excellent :) Link – UniversalPoster.com Read more →

If anyone wants to have a good look at their neighbours online then a good starting point is usually Google Maps. However, Microsoft aren’t standing still and have just revamped their maps system, complete with 3D aerial views which, when they ARE available for your area, are absolutely stunning. Check out Bing Maps and zoom in – it’ll choose the… Read more →

Something I should perhaps never do is slag off the company who are providing live services to coolsmartphone.com. However, I need to comment on an all-new SLA that has been introduced my the co-lo provider we use. You may remember our connectivity problems some months back and the down-time it caused. The issue was a network failure with rapidswitch.com and,… Read more →

This appears to be a van owned by Hydrotek Environmental Services. What fantastic advertising ! :) Why can’t everyone be open an honest with their marketing ?! :) Read more →

A couple of weird and wonderful stories to brighten up your Monday morning now. First, this man sitting in an American Airlines seat. Well.. I shouldn’t really say “sitting”. He’s kinda plonker on the arm-rest, and lord knows how the crew or other passengers are going to get through. Next up is this link from the same newspaper. It involves… Read more →

The Daily Fail has reported recently that Fifth Gear – Five’s motoring show – has been cancelled. Being the Daily Mail we instantly ignored it, but it appears that the rumours are true with confirmation being received from Channel Five execs. Fifth Gear popped up after the original BBC Top Gear series was cancelled back in 2001. Fifth Gear has… Read more →

It’s been a long while since I posted some good Friday links. Here’s a few to keep you going… Clients from hell.. Google is great. It autocompletes what you Read more →

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Torrents. If you say it there’s an instant raised eye-brow from most people. It’s not ALWAYS an illegal activity, however most people know the BitTorrent protocol purely because of illegal file sharing and many ISP’s throttle it. Now, just a few months after the Pirate Bay got sued, it’s the turn of mininova.org. They’ve closed down all illegal torrents, so… Read more →

Woaha, this is a bit cool. A conversation between a web designer and a know-nothing client… Link – 27bslash6.com Read more →

OK, this is pretty cool. In 1927 Claude Friese-Greene used a special colour film process to film every day life across Britain. Here, in his last stop, he travels around London. The film is fascinating (at least, I think so) – there’s no comedy “sped-up walking” and the pictures are remarkably clear. This is 82 years ago – amazing stuff.… Read more →

Ohhh.. Bugatti Veyron.. in a lake.. the humanity!!! The humanity!!!! :( :( :( Never fear though, the Bugatti is apparently still working well despite it’s splash into this lake. The 1000 BHP Bugatti got pulled out eventually and you can see the whole thing in the video below. The driver was apparently in Texas, chatting on his mobile (without a… Read more →

Woha! I wish we had these in the UK. Sure, I Read more →

So you drive a fire engine and see grandma approaching from the left. Do you? A) Stop and wait B) Sound the Siren C) PLOUGH THROUGH GRANDMA. Click here and then press forward to find out! Read more →

Nice one Network Rail. Perhaps now you’ll see why I don’t use rail travel more often. Sure, it’s cheap if you book in advance and go at certain times, but when I walked up to the counter at Birmingham International it cost me nearly 140 for a return to London! That’s just mental, especially when the train was pretty empty… Read more →